Calling
Discerning a call, counting the cost, and saying yes together. 11 articles.
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November 10, 2026
Is My Work Still a Calling?
AI is rewriting job descriptions faster than anyone can update them. A pastor and software leader on the difference between your calling and your job description, and why one should be held tightly and the other loosely.
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November 9, 2026
If a Machine Can Do My Job, Who Am I?
When AI starts doing what you're good at, it can shake your sense of who you are. A software leader on losing something he loved, why men feel this so sharply, the fear under the AI arguments, and where worth really comes from.
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November 6, 2026
Am I Working for the Machine Now?
When your whole day is waiting on AI and editing what it produced, the relationship has flipped. A software leader on the warning signs, why it's happening, the gifts we risk losing, and how to take charge again.
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November 4, 2026
The Computer Works for Us
A software leader on the quiet fear inside the AI shift: not losing your job, but losing the human parts of it. What I told my team, what I'm feeling myself, and how to stay human.
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November 2, 2026
Faithful at the Post Office
Faithfulness isn't doing what looks most spiritual. It's following the Spirit's leading wherever God has put you, including a normal job nobody notices.
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October 10, 2026
Chase or Wait? Discerning Between Biblical Opposites
When do you chase the lost sheep, and when do you wait for the prodigal? How to discern between wise biblical opposites without flattening them into a rule.
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January 10, 2026 · Second Fiddle
Before You Say Yes: Why Spouse Alignment Is Non-Negotiable
A ministry marriage can carry a heavy calling, but only if both of you chose it. Why to wait until you're aligned, and what the spouse has permission to say.
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September 10, 2025 · Second Fiddle
Making Peace with the Career You Won't Have
Every bi-vocational pastor pays a career sacrifice. Here's how to name it, grieve it honestly, and trade the ladder for something that lasts.
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June 26, 2025 · Second Fiddle
25 Years of Bi-Vocational Ministry: What Got Harder, What Got Easier
What long-term pastoral ministry actually feels like after twenty-five years with a day job: what got harder, what got easier, and what never changed.
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December 18, 2024 · Second Fiddle
Counting the Cost: Five Things Bi-Vocational Ministry Will Ask of You
The cost of bi-vocational ministry is real: time, career, family, body, and heart. Name all five honestly before you say yes, then say yes fully.
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November 12, 2024 · Second Fiddle
Three Tests to Know If You're Called to Bi-Vocational Ministry
Is bi-vocational ministry a calling or just a good idea? Three plain tests (desire, affirmation, capacity) to discern it before you say yes.